[s-cars] Multi Function Temp Sensor or Thermostat?

[Brian Powell]

Rich,

If you have been running the car (or the previous owner) like this for
awhile, you should change the oil when you do the t-stat. If the oil
never gets to operating temp, water will condense and remain in the
oil and form an acid. This isn't what you want. Drain the oil out
completely, put in a good synthetic oil. With the new thermostat if
the engine is now getting to the proper temperature, do an
"Eye-talian" lube job: take it out for a good hour of hard,
high-revving highway driving to burn off any water and carbon buildups
from running cold oil.

Hey, we always can use a good excuse to flog the car on the open
highway, but, you just need to cruise at 4k RPM or so for a while to
get rid of that stuff.

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:10:04 -0500, Rich Beebe <rich at beebecomm.com> wrote:
> well, since my oil temp gauge never seems to move at all, i'd
> say a new t-stat is in order. i'm glad this post came up, as i
> was never comfortable with the idea that the gauge should read
> (normally) where it was. thanks very much for the insight.
> 
> rich

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Cheers,
Brian